Earth: Final Conflict s01e14 Episode Script

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Boone Music down.
Boone! Hi.
Oh, hey! Oh, you look great! Thanks.
What are you still doing here? Just relaxing.
What's that? Machiavelli's The Prince.
In Italian? Ah, Sandoval recommended it.
You don't sleep anymore.
You never leave this place.
You're turning into Sandoval.
You really know how to hurt a guy.
That's it.
I'm shutting this thing off.
You're coming with me.
We're gonna go out and have a good time.
Let's go.
I don't want to intrude.
No, you're not intruding.
It's just me and Augur.
Augur I'm paying off bad bets.
You know how Augur gets.
He's like a dog with a bone Boone! Boone Is there something that matter? I don't know I think I saw a dead man.
Captain Johnson? Excuse me.
I'm sorry.
What's the matter? Nothing.
Three years ago they came, forever altering the future of humanity.
William Boone's life has been destroyed.
A man caught between two worlds.
Assigned protector to the Companions; undercover agent for the Liberation.
An alien implanted cyber-virus expands his mind.
Controlling a bio-engineered weapon of unprecedented power.
William Boone searches for the truth.
It's just that for the past week my C.
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CVI intrusions have been unlike anything I've experienced before.
They're not perfect recreations, they're more abstract.
No pressure headaches, no bleeding? No.
Well, I don't know what to say.
The good news is there's no sign of CVI deterioration.
Last night something happened that took it a step further.
Help! Boone! I heard a voice that the voice of a man I thought was dead.
Captain Lucas Johnson.
He was one of the soldiers that kidnapped Da'an.
He was supposedly shot dead in the rescue.
But in my office last night, I heard and and then saw him looking as real to me as you do now.
Lili, who was there, didn't hear or see anything.
Maybe I should run some more diagnostics.
Just to be sure.
I think I'm loosing control of my implant.
Is that what happening? Your mind has been realigned by a piece of alien hardware.
The side effects are impossible to predict.
Yeah Like seeing ghosts.
Thanks.
You're with Doctor Belman, Commander? I am.
Please, join me at once.
- Doctor Belman as well.
- Will do.
Commander Boone asked me to speak with you.
We're We're concerned about what happened with your husband, Mrs.
Johnson.
I didn't even see him after his last tour of duty.
He told me he wasn't coming back.
That I should just forget about him.
Did he say anything to you at all about his last assignment? About what occurred? No.
Whatever happened to him, I know he blamed you for it.
Blamed the Companions.
So, the military they were the ones that informed you that he had ah It's all right.
Cal knows what we're talking about.
Lucas speaks to our son.
In his dreams.
And this is Rho'ha, one of our scientists.
A protege of the eminent Ne'eg.
Rho'ha.
Forgive me.
I have never been in such close proximity to your species.
I find the experience intriguing.
We know the feeling.
Rho'ha shall have the opportunity to bridge the gulf between our races.
Ne'eg has designed a series of catalysts which will evoke element of human sentience and emotions in Rho'ha.
What is the purpose of this experiment? That we may understand one another more profoundly.
Doctor.
Ne'eg will inform you of your duties in this procedure, while Agent Sandoval and Commander Boone will assist me in the testing and evaluation of Rho'ha, once he has embarked on this journey of discovery.
You know that I opposed this experiment, de-evolution.
The Synod has so informed me.
Our race has evolved along the path of unity.
Awakening ancient desires even in a controlled encounter, can prove disorienting for you.
You speak as a diplomat.
Full of due consideration and caution.
You acquit your caste well.
But I'm a scientist.
When I met with Ne'eg he was about as subtle as a sledgehammer.
He called the procedure an experiment in Taelon de-evolution.
Using human genetic material as a catalyst.
Could seem so.
What are they after? Why are they so keen to create human-Taelon hybrids.
First with the implants, now this.
There's another question that needs to be answered.
Who are they using as a human donor? Because I have the ashes that were sent to Captain Johnson's widow tested.
Turns out the military sent her somebody's else remains.
Augur right now is trying to identify the dead person.
Johnson was being re-engineered for interdimensional flight.
It makes sense that he could be the one that they chose to provide the catalyst for this new experiment.
All right, I'll contact Major MacIntire.
He'll want to know what happened to Johnson and the rest of his men.
There's something else that you should tell.
What's that? We were told that Johnson was dead.
I ah I don't believe he is.
This is the human who provide you with the catalyst you require.
Why do you show him to me? That you may know the origin of your journey.
As well as its costs.
He merely supplies what is necessary for this experiment.
Nevertheless, I have experienced him as a figure of great soulfulness.
You should not have brought me here.
The Synod has declared that our future depends on this exploration of our past.
Next.
Next.
Next.
Next.
Release me.
Release me! Boone! Next.
Next.
The second insertion must penetrate the Akih'ha pathway.
Here.
It's like Johnson's putting me inside his own memories.
Like he's using the images to reach out to me.
You should just to listen to what you're saying, Boone, for a moment.
Because ah I know how it sounds.
But you told me yourself his wife believes he speaks to his son.
He's grieving for his father, Boone.
You can't The Taelons took Johnson apart and reconstructed him.
We have no idea how his mind was affected.
Does the procedure draw to a close? They're almost finished.
Good day, Captain.
What is the catalyst that Ne'eg is using to trigger Rho'ha's de-evolution? Components involve neurons taken from the amygdala section of the cerebellum as well as from the pineal gland.
Taken from whom? Let us see what human intelligence has to offer us, Boone.
Release me! The journey has begun.
Shaqarava have begun to emerge.
I must inform the Synod.
Tell the Synod I have fulfilled all our hopes.
We can awaken the potency of the Shaqarava.
Even after unnumbered generations.
My body courses with its power.
And your mind? Do you still hear the voices of the Synod? Or do you experience the aloneness of the human ego? Do not fear Da'an, I am not alone.
I feel eager to test my potential.
To experience what I have become.
Then we must discern what the Synod advices.
The sleeper comes! Embrace the void! Rho'ha.
Please, repeat what you've just said.
I have said nothing.
As you can see from the monitor, Major MacIntire, it's not a pretty picture.
How did they do that? One of the building blocks in Taelon de-evolution is DNA from Johnson, taken from his pineal gland and amygdala.
The amygdala is the most primitive part of our brain.
It's what gives us the instinct for fight or flight.
In simpler terms, it's a link to aggression.
So why this macabre parody of Johnson's face? We believe they may be exploring the roots of human violence.
Are you telling me the Companions don't even know how to fight? The Taelons divide themselves into functional castes.
They have diplomats, bureaucrats, scientists, artists There's never been any mention of a warrior caste.
Than this is the first step towards creating one.
You seem awfully certain, Jonathan, for someone who always is saying that we have no idea what motivates the Taelons.
We have to locate Johnson.
This is the best chance I've had, to explore what happened to my men.
Augur is still trying to identify whose ashes were sent to Johnson's widow.
How soon will you know? Cremation destroys virtually all the traces of a DNA.
It's like looking for a Tomorrow.
Maybe tonight.
Wherever you go, you let me know.
I'm with you.
Major! You knew Johnson well.
Did he ever show any signs of psychic ability? Intuition, sixth sense? Anything like that? In Shanghai There was a time that he sensed an ambush.
I don't know how he did it, but Well, as you know, all kinds of crazy things happen in the heat of battle.
Yeah, I know.
I ah I think he's in a kind of battle now using whatever means he had to fight back.
Well, if he is still alive, he doesn't want to be.
Not after what they did to him.
Rho'ha has shown us that our species can step back through time.
To revive the power of the Shaqarava.
Yet, my concern grows.
I believe Rho'ha has fallen out of communion with the Synod.
On what evidence? He has uttered an ancient threat.
The sleeper comes.
Embrace the void.
The human element has proven too volatile.
Let us end this experiment while we are still able.
We sought this very risk when we ventured here.
We can no longer afford our lack of resolve.
Let us proceed to the testing of Rho'ha using the human implants of Da'an to gauge his progress.
Or rather his regress.
Sandoval.
Sandoval here.
Sandoval, any sign of him? Negative.
He's gotta be in this sector.
Keep this channel open.
Sandoval, come in.
He's up into you right.
I got a fix.
Make it your left.
Your left.
I lost him, Boone.
Sandoval! Sandoval! Are you experience pain? What do you think? I do not know.
I must rely on you to describe this sensation.
Oh, trust me, it hurts.
Yeah! Your hand.
What did you hit me with? We must go.
I have also injured your compatriot.
Your testing was never meant to be this extreme.
You're overreacting.
How else may I explore my limits? What limits? Limits of violence? Why do you ask a questions that has no relevance to the duties of your caste? We don't have castes like you do.
You have specialized rules and functions, do you not? Human castes merely lack our refinement.
Captain Johnson, abductor of Da'an.
How would you describe his function? His caste? He was a career soldier.
But he's also a husband and a father.
But his essence? Would you not describe him as a warrior at heart? I suppose.
Have also taken the lives of others? Yes.
Describe the sensation.
It's soul destroying.
Whatever it's justification.
I do not believe Captain Johnson would answer this way.
Do you sense something of this man Johnson? Has he spoken to you? Your fellow implant lies there.
Sandoval! You all right? Yeah, I think so.
Come on.
Perhaps, we might play this game again.
Yeah, sure.
"Tomorrow.
Maybe tonight.
" You presume a lot based on our unique relationship, Miss Marquette.
Do I need to presume, Augur? Cuz I thought we were on the same side.
Life was a lot simpler when there were no sides, merely angles.
Here we are.
Corporal Carston Knox.
He lived at Veteran Memorial Hospital.
He died November 12th.
And then he showed up in Lucas Johnson's urn.
Is there a high security wing at Veteran Memorial? I'll contact MacIntire.
We'll go check it out.
Yeah, Sandoval, go.
Rho'ha has vanished from the testing facility.
How? That remains unclear.
He's just disappeared without a trace and Da'an is very concerned.
I'll be right there.
Rho'ha is far too conspicuous, Da'an.
He can't go far.
He has already traveled very far indeed.
We need to know the threat he poses.
Is he capable of killing his fellow Taelon? No Taelon has ever taken a life of another since the creation of the Synod, a time beyond memory.
But this experiment explores your species past.
So, is it possible? I fear the prospect of violence, waged not only against our own kind, but also against yours.
Da'an.
If Rho'ha poses as much of a threat as you believe he does, how would he kill? We possess a vestigial organ.
It is lain dormant.
We have now awakened it Rho'ha.
And one touch of his Shaqarava can kill.
Shaqarava? But Shaqarava is a word from your sacred texts.
One of the twin James Pike painted on his cell wall.
Words have many nuances.
Da'an, the record shows that Rho'ha accessed all the files on Captain Johnson before he vanished.
Then, perhaps, Rho'ha does not walk alone on his dark journey.
But with a human companion.
Johnson's still alive, isn't he? He is.
Rho'ha may pay him a visit.
Ready the shuttle, please.
I'll contact Captain Marquette to meet us on site.
Da'an and Sandoval are on their way.
I'm afraid you can't go any further than this.
We're this close! I have to find out what happened to him.
You're wanted for kidnapping of Da'an.
We can't risk your arrest.
You go that way.
I'll meet them in the lobby.
And, MacIntire, you'll get your shot.
Believe me.
MacIntire! Get away from him! MacIntire! Companion security.
What happened here? The facility was breached.
We were knocked out before we knew what was happening.
The Shaqarava.
Explain the presence of MacIntire here, Captain.
I can't.
He was in the room when I arrived.
He's been attacked by Rho'ha.
You have witnessed his execution? We must suppress the news of his death.
The body's to be taken to the Bureau for analysis.
No one is to speak anyone without clearing with me.
Understood? We must find Rho'ha, before he repeats this tragedy.
Why would he kill? There's no need with the power he possesses.
We have spoken of myths before.
Why did you Cain killed his brother Abel? At the heart of rage lies an inexplicable mystery.
He's had a seizure.
One more like that and he's dead.
He was brought here at my request.
I had hoped that we might restore the life he had lost.
He doesn't wanna live like this.
He's spoken to me.
I can't explain it rationally, but I know it's true.
I too have heard his voice.
As I believe Rho'ha does even now.
But what he hears I dare not imagine.
For we have given Rho'ha only the sound of rage itself.
Doctor Belman! Doctor Belman, he's convulsing.
He's having another seizure.
Help me! He has spoken to you again? His family.
I think his family is in danger.
Go to them now.
Show me who I am.
This man! Who is he? A friend.
A friend of Captain Johnson? I do not understand how this is possible.
Show me other images.
Images of his caste.
Images of him as a warrior.
Who are you? What did you so with him? You may well ask what he has done with me.
Our paths have become one.
I don't understand what you're saying.
The boy does.
He hears the voice of Captain Johnson just as I do.
He wants you to leave.
I know that he does.
But I cannot leave.
Not without understanding.
Synaptic responses are so erratic I can't get reading.
He senses danger.
How do you know that? He attempts to tell me.
You're convinced he's here? Yeah.
I'll take the back.
Whoa, whoa, hang on.
If you can keep your distance, do it.
This skrill is the only thing we know for sure that can stop him.
Where's he? Lucas, no! Wake up! Hang in there! Come on, hang in there! Come on! Emergency medevac team! This coordinates! Now! Help them.
Help them.
Go.
Please, go! - Images of family! - Mum, he's scaring me! Images of friendship! What have these to do with true essence of my calling? My caste? I've got to give him more relaxant No.
He attempts to communicate.
Please, let go of my son.
Oh, my God, please.
Please! - Please, please, don't! - Mum, get up! I am a warrior! Captain Johnson is a warrior! All other functions diminish that calling! No! No! Not them! Not them! Not them Rho'ha! Are you hurt? I'm okay, I'm okay.
- You all right, Cal? - I'm okay.
What is he? What kind of Get back to the house.
Stick to the path.
Go now! Run! Run! Save them.
Kill me.
He needs to die.
To stop the other.
What do you mean? The connection to Rho'ha must be broken.
Only the linkage of their minds sustains Rho'ha through the silence of the Synod.
I can't kill the patient.
I also cannot cause a death.
The sleeper dreams of the oblivion! Thank you Johnson? Captain Johnson.
Speak to me! We had taken his life long before this and of now, given him back his death.
The US leader, President Thompson, has been under intense pressure to seek an inquest into the death of the victim of Rho'ha.
We must not permit it.
Would you have this creature speak in his own defense? My hope is that we can heal his mind.
That we can bring him back into the Communion with us.
No, isolation remains essential.
Or the void of death.
It has been spoken of.
Then I fear that the violence of Rho'ha has begun to infect us all.
You speak nonsense.
His mind can no longer even be called Taelon.
He has become a pathetic hybrid.
Do not blame humanity for our failure.
The focus of the experiment on rage betrays the more profound gifts their nature can offer us.
He believes that I have become a thing of abhorrence.
But you know that for our species I have become both its past and its future.
You're in need of healing, Rho'ha.
Release me! This is where my dad used to take me for a walk at night.
I wanna leave him here.